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//   $Revision: 1.2 $
//   $Date: 2005-12-21 13:58:55 $
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//=============================================================================
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//  CLASS StripifierT
//
//=============================================================================


#ifndef OPENMESH_STRIPIFIERT_HH
#define OPENMESH_STRIPIFIERT_HH


//== INCLUDES =================================================================

#include <vector>
#include <Core/Utils/Property.hh>


//== FORWARDDECLARATIONS ======================================================


//== NAMESPACES ===============================================================

namespace OpenMesh {


	//== CLASS DEFINITION =========================================================




	/** \class StripifierT StripifierT.hh <Tools/Utils/StripifierT.hh>
	This class decomposes a triangle mesh into several triangle strips.
	*/

	template <class Mesh>
	class StripifierT
	{
	public:

		typedef unsigned int                      Index;
		typedef std::vector<Index>                Strip;
		typedef typename Strip::const_iterator    IndexIterator;
		typedef std::vector<Strip>                Strips;
		typedef typename Strips::const_iterator   StripsIterator;


		/// Default constructor
		StripifierT(Mesh& _mesh) : mesh_(_mesh) {}

		/// Destructor
		~StripifierT() {}


		/// Compute triangle strips, returns number of strips
		unsigned int stripify();

		/// delete all strips
		void clear() { Strips().swap(strips_); }

		/// returns number of strips
		unsigned int n_strips() const { return strips_.size(); }

		/// are strips computed?
		bool is_valid() const { return !strips_.empty(); }

		/// Access strips
		StripsIterator begin() const { return strips_.begin(); }
		/// Access strips
		StripsIterator end()   const { return strips_.end(); }


	private:

		typedef std::vector<typename Mesh::FaceHandle>  FaceHandles;


		/// this method does the main work
		void build_strips();

		/// build a strip from a given halfedge (in both directions)
		void build_strip(typename Mesh::HalfedgeHandle _start_hh,
			Strip& _strip,
			FaceHandles& _faces);

		FPropHandleT<bool>::reference  processed(typename Mesh::FaceHandle _fh) {
			return mesh_.property(processed_, _fh);
		}
		FPropHandleT<bool>::reference  used(typename Mesh::FaceHandle _fh) {
			return mesh_.property(used_, _fh);
		}



	private:

		Mesh&                mesh_;
		Strips               strips_;
		FPropHandleT<bool>   processed_, used_;
	};


	//=============================================================================
} // namespace OpenMesh
//=============================================================================
#if defined(OM_INCLUDE_TEMPLATES) && !defined(OPENMESH_STRIPIFIERT_C)
#define OPENMESH_STRIPIFIERT_TEMPLATES
#include "StripifierT.cc"
#endif
//=============================================================================
#endif // OPENMESH_STRIPIFIERT_HH defined
//=============================================================================
